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Sony Walkman Sports (1991)
A Walkman so popular, that in 2019, for its 40th anniversary, a statue of it was erected in Tokyo.
1978 Honda Prelude
The first Honda to have a Moonroof. As you can see they really underlined this feature.
Wheresoever eagles gather that is where His body is!
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300+ people in my group? A triumph!
This calls for re-watching the 2006 movie.
1954 McCormick Mounted Corn Pickers
What you do is get the add-on, mount it on your tractor, and do what you have to do. Simple as.
Jochen Mass (1946-)
🏎 German racer, who won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1989 with a Mercedes-Benz Sauber C9. He was part of the 3-man Swiss team.
🇨🇭 Interestingly, the second team was also Swiss. Neither of the 2 teams had any actual Swiss citizens in them. But that's nothing new in the world of sports, especially motorsports.
8th generation Daihatsu Hijet MPV (1996)
Three countries that just love their microcars and kei trucks:
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I quite enjoy this style of artwork / design.
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By simply breaking the speed of
reality, you too can make the jump!
Большой Спутник
ЗЕМЛИ
(🛰 A large satellite of the EARTH)
Soviet sci-fi matchbox art with a rotating wheel space station.
Such stations base their design on Tsiolkovsky's idea of using a spinning wheel in order to create artificial gravity. Also known as von Braun wheel, as von Braun (and Willy Ley) built upon the idea in the 1950s for NASA's space projects.
Since it was thought as the next step in space exploration, you can see such designs in many media. 2001: A Space Odyssey, Solaris, etc.
The O'Neill cylinder and the Bishop Ring are pretty much an expanded version of this. You've seen one if you've played Halo.
1983 Nissan NRV-II concept car
Indeed, even dashboard computers are not a new invention. It has a a digital gauge cluster, a multifunctional steering wheel, a satellite navigation system in the center console, and a power button on the steering wheel. It also has a cruise control and 3 buttons to operate it.
The "infotainment" system is really the icing on the cake, specifically the volume control. It has an "Up" and a "Down" button, but the button for volume up is five times bigger than the engine start button.
The All-Seeing Eye is always watching.
All this phone booth posting reminded me of the kino "Miracle Mile".
This film has so much going on, that I can't even put my finger on what the genre is.
Tesla's plan for wireless transmission of energy.*
*Could also be used for creating a Teleforce (particle weapon)
Sodom and Gomorrah, basically
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A plan for a nuclear shelter from 1969.
I hope you have a plan as well.
No matter how much you hate mosquitoes, you can never hate them enough.
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1987 FORD Police Vehicles
* LTD Crown Victoria Police Package
* Mustang Special Service Package
The art is by David Schleinkofer from the late 1970's, and it looks like Ridley Scott might have taken inspiration from it for "Prometheus".
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Redheads
Matchbox showing a tracking antenna in the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex (California, a.k.a. Caliland). Officially, the complex is used for communications during interplanetery travel, but we all know that's a half-truth, especially since it was originally built by the U.S. Army, on Fort Irwin territory.
P.S. Redheads are the best!
1988 Oldsmobile 98 Regency
The premium version of Oldsmobile's 98 model. Leather seats, on-board computer (named "Driver Information System") and a lid power pull-down became an option for the car.
1979 Chevrolet Police Vehicles
Designed and tuned for police performance.
The base model is a Chevy Malibu. Perhaps you didn't recognize it at first, as the Malibu completely changed its æsthetic in 1997.
Some might wonder - "Whoa! They thought of navigation in 1983?"
I'll let you on a little secret. Car navigation was being tested long before 1983. In Britain, of all places. Here's a video from 1971 on how it could have operated.
TELEFUNKEN-POSTING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MORALE IMPROVES!
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RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL
Show place of the nation
Opened on the 27th of December 1932, built in art-deco style, it has one of the largest hydraulic stages in the World.
Italian state owned telephone company SIP telephone booth
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As for my Catholic brothers — see you next year, when the whole of Christendom celebrates Easter on the same date.
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